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Men and women in prison, probation and parole reaches 7.2 million

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

New Criminal Record: 7.2 Million Nation's Justice System Strains to Keep Pace With Convictions By Darryl Fears Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, June 12, 2008 The number of people under supervision in the nation's criminal justice system rose to 7.2 million in 2006, the highest ever, costing states tens of billions of dollars to house and monitor offenders as they go in and out of jails and prisons. According to a recently released report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, more than 2 million offenders were either in jail or prison in 2006, the most recent year studied in an annual survey. Another 4.2 million were on probation, and nearly 800,000 were on parole. The cost to taxpayers, about $45 billion, is causing states such as California to reconsider harsh criminal penalties...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 13, 2008 (boomark / email).